§ Mr. MilburnTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what statistical information his Department maintains about alcohol-related crime.
§ Mr. MacleanThe Home Office collects information on the number of offences of driving after consuming162W alcohol or taking drugs. Numbers of offences of causing death by careless driving when under the influence of drink or drugs are included with the number of offences of causing death by dangerous driving. The figures are published in Home Office Statistical Bulletins "Motoring Offences" and "Notifiable Offences", copies of which are held in the Library.
The 1988 British Crime Survey provides some evidence on how many victims of violent crime said the offender was drunk. Of all the violent incidents covered in the survey, 44 per cent. were said to involve a drunken offender. One out of two victims of street assaults cited a drunken offender, and four out of 10 female victims of domestic violence did so.